Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 1012

Kätzchen · 09-07-2024, 09:45 AM

Bèsame* · 09-08-2024, 06:26 AM

A. Spectre · 09-08-2024, 08:04 AM

"Violence does not spring from a vacuum. It's born out of other men's violence. It gets nurtured and it grows in a soil of prejudice and of hate and of bigotry."

Rod Serling

This quote is quite prescient in light of the current madness enveloping the GOP.

Being a huge fan of The Twilight Zone his insights of his time dovetails into what is happening right now!

Serling's time in Leyte shaped his writing and political views for the rest of his life. He saw death every day while in the Philippines, at the hands of his enemies and his allies, and through freak accidents such as that which killed another Jewish private, Melvin Levy. Levy was delivering a comic monologue for the platoon as they rested under a palm tree when a food crate was dropped from a plane above, decapitating him. Serling led the funeral services for Levy and placed a Star of David over his grave.[2]: 45 Serling later set several of his scripts in the Philippines and used the unpredictability of death as a theme in much of his writing.[2]: 46 In the 1960 Twilight Zone episode "The Purple Testament", a prologue written by Serling stated, "Infantry platoon, U.S. Army, Philippine Islands, 1945. These are the faces of the young men who fight, as if some omniscient painter had mixed a tube of oils that were at one time earth brown, dust gray, blood red, beard black, and fear—yellow white, and these men were the models. For this is the province of combat, and these are the faces of war."

His daughter Anne Sterling is very proud of her father, I wrote to her last year stating the admiration I have with her dad. I didn't expect a reply, but she wrote back with a warm "thank you."

A. Spectre · 09-09-2024, 09:28 AM

FIRST THEY CAME

By Martin Niemöller

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me.

Kätzchen · 09-18-2024, 10:22 AM

kittygrrl · 09-18-2024, 04:36 PM

not sure where where i found this but i do love it

'and I knew when I entered her I was
high wind in her forests hollow
fingers whispering sound
honey flowed
from the split cup
impaled on a lance of tongues
on the tips of her breasts on her navel
and my breath'
howling into entrances
through lungs of pain…

Kätzchen · 06-25-2025, 12:11 PM

“They say that time changes things,
but you actually have to change them yourself,”

— Andy Warhol.

kittygrrl · 06-25-2025, 03:42 PM

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” — Dr Martin Luther King Jr

Kätzchen · 07-01-2025, 12:19 PM

“The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another women. We should raise each other up,” — Serena Williams (Women’s tennis champion).

Orema · Today, 05:12 AM

09-07-2024, 09:45 AM	#20221
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09-08-2024, 08:04 AM	#20223
A. Spectre Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch dominant lesbian Preferred Pronoun?: She, Baby Boi Relationship Status: She is my sunrise and sunset. Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: North Shore Chicago Posts: 1,569 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,033 Thanked 11,079 Times in 1,496 Posts Rep Power: 21474848	Love Rod Serling! "Violence does not spring from a vacuum. It's born out of other men's violence. It gets nurtured and it grows in a soil of prejudice and of hate and of bigotry." Rod Serling This quote is quite prescient in light of the current madness enveloping the GOP. Being a huge fan of The Twilight Zone his insights of his time dovetails into what is happening right now! Serling's time in Leyte shaped his writing and political views for the rest of his life. He saw death every day while in the Philippines, at the hands of his enemies and his allies, and through freak accidents such as that which killed another Jewish private, Melvin Levy. Levy was delivering a comic monologue for the platoon as they rested under a palm tree when a food crate was dropped from a plane above, decapitating him. Serling led the funeral services for Levy and placed a Star of David over his grave.[2]: 45 Serling later set several of his scripts in the Philippines and used the unpredictability of death as a theme in much of his writing.[2]: 46 In the 1960 Twilight Zone episode "The Purple Testament", a prologue written by Serling stated, "Infantry platoon, U.S. Army, Philippine Islands, 1945. These are the faces of the young men who fight, as if some omniscient painter had mixed a tube of oils that were at one time earth brown, dust gray, blood red, beard black, and fear—yellow white, and these men were the models. For this is the province of combat, and these are the faces of war." His daughter Anne Sterling is very proud of her father, I wrote to her last year stating the admiration I have with her dad. I didn't expect a reply, but she wrote back with a warm "thank you." __________________ * * *Joy and Sorrow are Inseparable

09-09-2024, 09:28 AM	#20224
A. Spectre Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch dominant lesbian Preferred Pronoun?: She, Baby Boi Relationship Status: She is my sunrise and sunset. Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: North Shore Chicago Posts: 1,569 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,033 Thanked 11,079 Times in 1,496 Posts Rep Power: 21474848	Let this one sink in. FIRST THEY CAME By Martin Niemöller First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me. __________________ * * *Joy and Sorrow are Inseparable

09-18-2024, 10:22 AM	#20225
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09-18-2024, 04:36 PM	#20226
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: gf Relationship Status: Uranus will retrograde in Gemini Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,595 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,693 Thanked 22,133 Times in 7,204 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	not sure where where i found this but i do love it 'and I knew when I entered her I was high wind in her forests hollow fingers whispering sound honey flowed from the split cup impaled on a lance of tongues on the tips of her breasts on her navel and my breath' howling into entrances through lungs of pain… __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

06-25-2025, 12:11 PM	#20227
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: As a very feminine woman. Relationship Status: Unavailable (on hiatus). Join Date: May 2010 Location: Near smoke signals in the sky. Posts: 16,187 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,499 Thanked 33,602 Times in 10,703 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	“They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself,” — Andy Warhol. __________________ “The way someone treats you is not a reflection of your worth: It’s a reflection of their emotional capacity,” — Jillian Turecki. “The smartest people are clearly the best listeners,” — Audible. I’m doing my part, as an American citizen, who is concerned about losing our Democracy: I boycott agencies and businesses and service providers who do not support the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Support Democracy: Vote Blue

06-25-2025, 03:42 PM	#20228
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07-01-2025, 12:19 PM	#20229
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